Ross Albers

About two weeks before I got married, I was fired from my job at a small law firm. I came home and told my wife that I was going to start my own law firm. My wife, Emily, was not thrilled because she grew up in a household where her father was a small-town attorney in Vermont. Sometimes legal bills were "paid" in exchange for snowmobile repairs. Despite her uneasiness, we were married two weeks later and I started my firm from the dining room table of my home. Today, Albers & Associates is a personal and professional development company that supports its employees to improve their lives, provide them happiness and love them like family. I'm Ross Albers, the CEO. Our attorneys, paralegals and staff provide legal services for criminal defense, estate planning, family law, and personal injury. I earned my Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Bucknell University. While attending Bucknell, I was a member of Bucknell’s nationally-ranked Division I lacrosse team. Upon graduating from Bucknell University, I worked as an Insurance Adjuster for Travelers. While working full-time at Travelers, I attended the University of Baltimore School of Law. In law school, I was a member and production editor of the school's Law Review. I concentrated my studies on criminal practice. After graduating from law school, I worked at the State’s Attorney’s Office for Baltimore City as a law clerk in the misdemeanor division. Upon passing the Maryland bar, I was hired as an Assistant State’s Attorney where I tried cases in the District, Juvenile and Circuit courts of Baltimore City. After a few years of public service, I entered private practice and joined a small law firm to focus on representing the injured in personal injury matters. I tried cases in the District and Circuit courts throughout Maryland. I was fired from this firm two weeks before I got married. I then formed the Law Offices of Ross W. Albers which became Albers & Associates. About a year into my practice, I met with a business coach, David Kelly of the Growth Solutions Team, who told me that I was just an employee of a law firm that happened to be named after me. He introduced me to the concept of working ON your business as opposed to working IN it. From that day forward, I embraced the concept that my role in my business was to HIRE, ACQUIRE and INSPIRE, and do nothing else.